Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence
Disgraced Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was booked into a Texas jail to begin an 11-year sentence after being found guilty of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars. NBC's Yasmin Khorram reports.
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“This is what happens when you work to defraud people, create a fake voice, pretend you're Steve Jobs, at first they think you're crazy, then they fight you, and then all of a sudden you go to prison.” - Elizabeth Holmes.
@SantosSantos-bf5sz
Жыл бұрын
beats where Jobs is?
@TDashem
Жыл бұрын
I read this in a fake deep voice.
@WegrennerX
Жыл бұрын
@@TDashem DROPS OF BLOOOHDD
@alexb8926
9 ай бұрын
She lives a better life then 60% of people from CA 😅😂 Nice dorms
@eminiola7131
7 ай бұрын
Best quote ever
Yeah, those kids will need a lot of therapy when it's revealed they were conceived as an attempt to keep mom out of jail. Good luck with that mess.
@kellyw8017
Жыл бұрын
She would have been too old to have children once out of prison. It made sense she had them while she could.
@SUGAR_XYLER
Жыл бұрын
@@kellyw8017 I guess she thought her kids would be proud to have a thief and a convict as a mother. Smh
@kellyw8017
Жыл бұрын
@@SUGAR_XYLER Couldn't you say that for every last person in jail who had kids before or after they went to prison?
@PungiFungi
11 ай бұрын
They are already born in the wealth and privilege, so they will be fine. Maybe a little adversity in their lives may have them grown up to be decent people, unlike the parents and the rest of the Evans and Holmes families.
@iamaliveyoucantstopnow
3 ай бұрын
They would need even more therapy if she was around full time. Having a sociopathic mom is not fun! Not fun at all.
That is not a prison. That is a resort.
@demus89
2 ай бұрын
Right...why do the rich get special treatments?
@badwolverinex17
23 күн бұрын
@@demus89 Because they are rich, that's why. The human race was, is and always will be corrupt!!!
You know it’s going to be rough…You can tell the way she’s smiling
in the meantime a teen serving 20 years for possession of mariguana in an overcrowded jail - your justice system is a joke
@fatvegan4621
Жыл бұрын
Did the teen try getting pregnant to avoid prison time? It's a trick I heard works.
@Doomed-qu8yj
Жыл бұрын
You know what's a joke? You pretending to be a woman.
@TOMVUTHEPIMP
Жыл бұрын
Nobody is serving 20 years for a joint.
@ISpitHotFiyaa
Жыл бұрын
Nobody is doing 20 years for simple possession. You got caught trafficking many kilos of the stuff if that's the sentence you ended up with.
@jessicawinslet684
Жыл бұрын
@@ISpitHotFiyaa it shows how ignorant you are of your own country. It's really sad
Anyone injured, or whose health was affected by her fake tests should get her money before those stupid investors.
@SUGAR_XYLER
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. They should come first
@PungiFungi
11 ай бұрын
@@SUGAR_XYLER sadly, she was found innocent of financially defrauding patients.
@missJolie85
13 күн бұрын
@@PungiFungi If their health was effected, it wouldn't be about financial defrauding. but medical liability, Fortunately the scam was discovered before it went as far as being used in medical diagnosing. In that case she could have been to court for negligent homiocide if someone had died.
Lesson learned: if you are going to steal, steal a lot! 😘 Being a mediocre criminal will land you in a prison with rapists, murderers and such. But if you steal hundreds of millions of dollars you get to spend time in a jail that looks like a resort 😁👌
@geneziogenezio3299
Жыл бұрын
That is exactly It!!! Unbelievable and Disgusting and Unfair...I've seen people getting decades in US for stealing Pizza...
@trekkie1981
Жыл бұрын
And you have to look good. I bet Sunny won’t be that lucky and might get a beefy Frank inserted in him.
@TheDerangedBlood
Жыл бұрын
lol yeah. I'm sure she took that money and invested it in some off shore account and is still banking. Billionaire men con people out of money everyday, she is just going to prison because she got caught.
@Punnoosia
Жыл бұрын
It's not about the amount, it is the type of crime, and the way in which she chose to commit the crime. For example, if you rob a bank and get away with only 1,000 dollars, it's still a federal crime. If you counterfeit a $1 bill, it is a federal crime. Her crime was federal. Federal prisons are nicer and better-funded than state prisons.
@tonicrvnts
Жыл бұрын
@@Punnoosia Ah! 😯 Good to know! So, I should add to make sure it is a federal crime 😆👍
This woman is the total example of Greed, Ideological Falsehood and Opportunism. She even found a husband and made two children, thinking it might get her out of jail. It's All Too Dark...A person that has a common sense and with a good psychological mentality would not include in her mistake three more people!!!
@fulofcharm
Жыл бұрын
Very well said
I never knew theres different prison for celebrities 💀
@unoimright5153
Жыл бұрын
There’s spa’s in EVERY State ! For people that have a lot of money but aren’t celebrities
@michaelgrat6165
Жыл бұрын
There's not. That's a federal prison compared to state prisons which are shittier. Thought this was common sense but obviously not.
Those prisons look real nice and comfortable. How can I get into one of those if I'm ever convicted of anything in the future?
@xXDeathMelodyXx
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Elitist privilege.
@Limosethe
Жыл бұрын
Get rich before doing your crime
@fantastic6295
Жыл бұрын
Be white, blonde and rich woman
@pharoah1200
Жыл бұрын
If you're willing to be put away for 11 years, I'm sure that they have a nice and comfy spot for you.
@b3arwithm3
Жыл бұрын
Make sure you steal hundreds millions of dollars and not a few thousands
When you mess with rich ppl's money, they will hunt you down and pay the price!
@heyaisdabomb
Жыл бұрын
Pay the price for her luxury prison unlike what we would ever see in prison.
Just how big of a CRAZY Narcissist do you have to be to deliver 2 babies just to try to "fool" the court??
@scorpionx7044
Ай бұрын
Well she is 40. Maybe she felt she couldn't wait to have children.
I can't believe that all these brilliant investors never questioned or one of the full complete demonstration of her claims they just kind of took her word for it
Only 11 years? Jesus that's short
@grimpmann4068
4 ай бұрын
It's more than child molesters, rapists, and murders get. I think 11 years is fair.
@nostro1940
2 ай бұрын
@@grimpmann4068 don't be naive.
@llnn5112
Ай бұрын
She’ll be out in less than five directly into a millionaire book and movie deal. The justice system is a joke.
Peeling potatoes for 40 cents an hour is going to be quite humiliating for her
@julianbeatty2909
Жыл бұрын
40 cents max? Probably 20 to 30 cents. Remember every cent counts.
@whereismyxanax
Жыл бұрын
12 cents
@robson2939
Жыл бұрын
@julianbeatty2909 12 cents for first 90 days and than 40 cents
@b3arwithm3
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but it costs us tens of thousands of dollars to host her.
@ltmonson
Жыл бұрын
Not humiliating enough. This jerk probably still has victim’s money.
Who else thought she would make a run for it and not turn herself in? 🤔
@charlesritter6640
Жыл бұрын
She did try to leave the country a while back, I remember hearing about it.
She should be in prison for life. I don’t understand how someone who does something so heinous gets off so easily with only 11 years. And who knows if she will get out earlier? She is a psychopathic liar.
The greed of fools made Holmes rich. The greed of the already rich, who wanted even more money
Once she gets settled in and get her a girlfriend, she'll be just fine.
@kristenmoonrise
Жыл бұрын
😂
@ryder4508
Жыл бұрын
She can use her deep, "man voice" on her.
@mikebell642
Жыл бұрын
@@ryder4508 was looking for this comment I mean 💀
@ryder4508
Жыл бұрын
@@mikebell642 😂
@strawb1793
Жыл бұрын
@@ryder4508 LOL
Check and see if she's pregnant again! Don't underestimate Elizabeth Holmes. She'll be a seasonal narcissist who knows how to play the victim game. She'll quickly target a new prey to manipulate. Seeking favors to her advantages, including putting on the fake charm on a male supervisor. Narcissists know how to mirror and adapt.
@geneziogenezio3299
Жыл бұрын
You are correct. People like her are capable of anything to get what they want...Sad and insane that she brought two innocent(children) people to her messy live let say three including her husband, she is definitely convincing narcissistic human...
@lourdesrodriguez6789
Жыл бұрын
LoL 😄
@SUGAR_XYLER
Жыл бұрын
@@geneziogenezio3299 yeah, poor kids. She'll be an embarrassment to them all their lives. Smh
@paimei1651
Жыл бұрын
Even if she is pregnant she'll just be delivering her baby in prison. Rupert ain't letting her weasel out of stealing money from him.
Too short.
Treat people the way you want to be treated.
That prison looks very comfortable hear the birds chirping and the grass looks well taking care of nicely shaded
@michaelgrat6165
Жыл бұрын
And then you go inside the actual prison.
The worst part of the situation is that she had children which won't have a mother for the next 11 years. That is the worst...
@hagestad
8 ай бұрын
It would be if not for the fact she obviously got pregnant both times knowing she is going to prison. And now as a benefit she will be able to spend countless visiting hours with them.
@bslangable
7 ай бұрын
I think they are better off without her! It's a win win
Glad to see a fraudster get some comeuppance…even if it is at Club Fed.
Why is this the second news outlet reporting that Martha Stewart served time here? By all accounts, she only served time in “Camp Cupcake” in Alderson West Virginia.
Why is she smiling as she is led in? Because she knows she's going to get preferential treatment there. Frankly, she should have to do hard time, for life.
How anyone with any common sense could have thought this machine could run a hundred tests on one drop of blood is beyond me. You need only to understand the basics of science to know it would be impossible for results to be accurate.
They make the wage of pennies per hour sound like a hardship but it's all disposable income to buy candy and small luxuries from canteen, it's not like she has to pay bills with it.
@janesays1278
Жыл бұрын
Aside from Elizabeth Holmes- the commissary has so many essential products that aren’t luxuries but actual necessitates that inmates need to get by. If they don’t have the funds, and they don’t have anyone refilling their account from the outside, it can be incredibly hard to get every day products- things that are never totes such as menstrual care products and toothpaste, because what they give you is too small, and doesn’t work well. It’s kind of shocking that even the essentials don’t cut it.
@Peter-uo9km
Жыл бұрын
You two have been inside hasn't you?
@Bri-nc8yp
Жыл бұрын
@@janesays1278 I don't think Elizabeth will have a problem getting anyone to put money on the books for her. She lived in a 100 million dollar house and her husband comes from real estate royalty. Why you bothered to write all that as if any of that would be her situation is beyond me.
Oh please she’s going on vacation. That place looks like a college dorm building.
She still has it good . That's not prison, that's a dorm where she only has to follow rules . Looks like a rehab
That place is lavish. It’s a far cry from a punishment. And because she can afford it, she gets special treatment.
@mynightmare3798
Жыл бұрын
It's still a Federal prison. There's no freedom or privacy. Strip searches, uniforms, low-paying work, bathroom use in front of others, standing for frequent counts throughout the day and poor cafeteria food are still part of that "lavish" experience. Also, she still has to make payments on her $450 restitution from her prison wages and commissary account.
I feel sad for her kids mostly at this point
@alias6001
11 ай бұрын
What about the innocent patients she defrauded
She was able to stay out of prison for about a year... Now it's time to pay the piper. The average person couldn't wait that long. Couldn't appeal to stay out of prison. They tell them to appeal while you're in prison, so her time is up
@styner3
Жыл бұрын
Not for federal prison, it’s standard for them to give you time if needed before going in, if you’re not a violent criminal.
Best example of greed ever. Got them hook line and sinker
Haha imagine Holmes calling shots in prison with that voice.
The fact that they had to explain what she would have to do in prison is just hilarious. The word prison was enough for me. It's not like the food would taste better if she was cooking it.
@Peter-uo9km
Жыл бұрын
She's in a celebrity prison.... for rich people only.... she's getting money for working and time out of her cell.... I know for a fact she will get out early.
Club Fed is no joke. That's where Martha Stewart got her first tat 😅
Prison officials stated that Ms. Holmes will be assigned to work as the prison phlebotomist! 😝😝
@BallymurphyBabe
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
Finally she goes to jail. It took so long OMG
I thought this woman was already in prison.
2:17 SHE NEVER WAS SELF MADE A BILLIONAIRE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THIS FROM!!!
12 years of prison is daunting, especially for someone like her. I would lose hope fast.
Justice served!
Martha Stewart was never in that prison. She was in Alderson in West Virgina.
@ISpitHotFiyaa
Жыл бұрын
That's what I thought. They keep saying that though.
@janesays1278
Жыл бұрын
@@ISpitHotFiyaaI know, ABC also reported the same thing. It bother mer me so much that I actually looked it up to see if for some reason Martha’s was initially held in Bryan Texas or somehow had a different prison sentence in Texas, but I can’t find anything of the sort.
@TOMVUTHEPIMP
Жыл бұрын
@@janesays1278 Martha was never in Texas. Was always in Alderson.
@janesays1278
Жыл бұрын
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP I know, I distinctly remember that she went to West Virginia at the time! I’m just wondering how two major news organizations could have gotten it so wrong?!
@TOMVUTHEPIMP
Жыл бұрын
@@janesays1278 They did no research at all. Just heard the claims and ran with it too.
She can continue her billion dollars 'research' using the prison kitchenwares.
Only time will tell
I feel like these billionaires who invested in her (because she was pretty) are just butt hurt that she didn't really know what she was doing. They didn't question the science before they gave her money and that is on them. Also, how is she still living a lavish lifestyle? Does she not have to payback those billions? So many questions.
@lesleyhaan116
11 ай бұрын
She has a rich boyfriend that’s also the father of here two little kids
@TheDerangedBlood
11 ай бұрын
@@lesleyhaan116 well yeah, because now she is just a trophy wife
Wonder how long it will take her to start scamming the other prisoners
@frankculaga5169
Жыл бұрын
Maybe she'll be an onlyfans creator in prison.
So can i go to that prison if im convinced of fraud?
Did she get to keep all the money? If so, then a couple years in prison in exchange for billions is not a bad deal.
@After_Pasta
Жыл бұрын
she got fined about 100 million in reality and got to keep over 100 million
I wonder if she would have been separated from her kid who's 3 months if her investors were just regular people and not Rupert and the Blake Association. After what he did to Tucker it pretty much looks like revenge- and sadistic revenge at that.
That prison honestly looks better than a lot of minimum price rentals
We wanna hear Her VOICE! -Clayton Bigsby
Had a child to stay out of prison. Evil selfishness right there.
First they think your crazy,then you prove it yourself
Oh no! Khaki
Don’t understand why it took a year for her to be jailed.
@After_Pasta
Жыл бұрын
$$$$
@meatgravylard
Жыл бұрын
She's rich and white, lives in America. Pretty simple stuff to understand...
@unoimright5153
Жыл бұрын
@@meatgravylard it’s mostly the rich part , look at OJ
That change In tone of voice was scary.
Is Forbes complicit when they extol the 'virtues' of these crooks?
She will come out the year I retire. Unbelievable.
The accountants tell investors about the company in the balance sheet. The problem is, would be investors don't want to do the analysis necessary to make the money.
As a former inmate, I can tell you the first job she will have is cleaning toilets. All inmates get assigned that as their first job. ❤
@antdx316
Жыл бұрын
by hand? what if they refuse?
@Bri-nc8yp
Жыл бұрын
That still nice deal.....the fact that she got to walk in there with regular clothes on and her family waving to her like she's going away for summer camp says a lot about where she will be doing her "time"
@hollyinhell
11 ай бұрын
@@antdx316 no she will get a toilet brush. If she refuses she will go to segregation.
She used to live at Bear Mountain Cottages before Jimmy Williams Sr. best friend and Fire Chief for Inspiration Point after Jimmy Williams Sr left
Eleven years, why is this justices? The real sentence should in truth have been one hundred and eleven years!!! She put far too many human beings at risk in so many ways!!!!
First they think you are crazy and then they fight you and then you go to prison
People in the general public don't want investors to be responsible for how they invest their money. They want the government to seek prices for stock on the exchanges.
What I don't understand is why she never fled the country after journalists started sounding the alarm. She must have known it was inevitable that the scam would be exposed and she'd be going to prison. Her millions in personal income could have made it possible for her to live at least a middle class life in some non-extradition country like Idaho.
what a jail
11 years is a joke
Now we need most of the other big corporate CEOs to join her.
@frankculaga5169
Жыл бұрын
Yeah and that's also where Mistress Harley belongs.
I was looking away from the screen when she was talking and thought it was a man. Good lord she has a deep voice
I have an uncle who did time in a club fed for bid rigging for government contracts. He said they could easily escape, but no one wants to. They want to do their time and leave. They dont have NEAR the luxury or freedoms they once enjoyed. So this is hitting rock bottom for them. Its no picnic.
11yrs is too short for a conman like her
Feel extra sorry for the kids to have a useless narcissist as a mother. She only had the kids to try and stay out of prison.
That's not a jail, that's club med? 😁
Her and Anne Delvey
For everyone who thinks she has it easy. For the better part of the next 10 years or so she’s going to be told what to do and when to do it. I don’t care what the place looks like. That’s a very long way from the lifestyle of a billionaire.
For 4.5 billion I am also willing to go to a minimal security prison 😂
Too bad she doesn't get to go to FCI Pleasanton in the Bay Area. It used to co-ed. That old Texas facility is a dump.
She will hang up magazines covers of herself in her dorm.
I wonder what voice she is using in prison.
It's their own greed .love how the elite got first bite@the apple.
She defrauded the investors out of over $700 million and she was only required to return about $500 million. If you ask me, that's a pretty good take 💰💰💰 If my math is correct, that's equates to about $18 million a year, for 11 years 💵💵💵
@Doomed-qu8yj
Жыл бұрын
Your math, shockingly, isn't correct at all.
@b3arwithm3
Жыл бұрын
Except she ain't returning that money. It's under appeal. And I don't think investors can claim it's their money. That money is collectively from all the people who bought their stock based on her lies.
@darrellkevin3283
Жыл бұрын
It was worth it. 🤑
@geneziogenezio3299
Жыл бұрын
She Won At The End, Thanks To The Law That Cares Only About People Like Her...
@b3arwithm3
Жыл бұрын
She will be released early and still a multi millionaire. Much better than most of us living an honest life
She'll have absolutely no privacy? Isn't that a basic human right?
Looks like a vacation home
Some people struggle to pay rent for places much worse than her prison 😅
Only 11 years in a prison that looks like a garden. Ridiculous! Goodness is ruining America. I want to see the old sparky back.
Mommy has a new name , she's called Convict now .
Tis isn't prisoner !
😂lol thats a prison..Club Fed😂
When you get out, I’ll be in my 40s! Hah!
Nice having kids to try to avoid prison,it really is ALL about her
Does she still talk with a deep voice?
Why didn't she do that weird walk with her hands in her pockets when she walked into prison? 🤣😂 Enjoy living in your nanotainer Elizabeth.. 🤣🤣🤣
Is this a PRISON? 😂😂😂 Like everyone else prison?
Gives birth to 2 children just to use them to get sympathy from Judge and jury to avoid jail time, knowing full well that they are likely to grow up without their mother around. This women is better kept in jail, she will not hasitate to hurt others for her own benifit
They really nailed her... I predicted about 3 to 5 years.
Looks like she is going to a spa
that is too easy for her. send her to a real prison 😂